Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Greek Text and Translation
- Part III Interpretative Essays
- 3 De incessu animalium 1–3: The Theoretical Framework and the Beginning of the Actual Investigation
- 4 De incessu animalium 4: Aristotle’s Conception of Dimension
- 5 De incessu animalium 5–6: The Architecture of Locomotive Bodies
- 6 De incessu animalium 7–8: Number and Distribution of Feet in Animal Progression
- 7 De incessu animalium 9: Aristotle’s Mathematical Kinesiology: The Case of Bending
- 8 De incessu animalium 10–11: Flight and Two-Footedness
- 9 De incessu animalium 12–13: Limb-Bending and Natural Teleology
- 10 De incessu animalium 14–15: Teleology Across Kinds
- 11 De incessu animalium 16–19: The Motion of Many-Footed Animals and Cases of Peculiar Motion in Water
- References
- General Index
- Index Locorum
6 - De incessu animalium 7–8: Number and Distribution of Feet in Animal Progression
from Part III - Interpretative Essays
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Greek Text and Translation
- Part III Interpretative Essays
- 3 De incessu animalium 1–3: The Theoretical Framework and the Beginning of the Actual Investigation
- 4 De incessu animalium 4: Aristotle’s Conception of Dimension
- 5 De incessu animalium 5–6: The Architecture of Locomotive Bodies
- 6 De incessu animalium 7–8: Number and Distribution of Feet in Animal Progression
- 7 De incessu animalium 9: Aristotle’s Mathematical Kinesiology: The Case of Bending
- 8 De incessu animalium 10–11: Flight and Two-Footedness
- 9 De incessu animalium 12–13: Limb-Bending and Natural Teleology
- 10 De incessu animalium 14–15: Teleology Across Kinds
- 11 De incessu animalium 16–19: The Motion of Many-Footed Animals and Cases of Peculiar Motion in Water
- References
- General Index
- Index Locorum
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- Aristotle on How Animals MoveThe <I>De incessu animalium</I>: Text, Translation, and Interpretative Essays, pp. 162 - 193Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021